I’m getting tons of reports from readers and bloggers who are receiving stock e-mail replies and blog comments posted by Miller Media Relations denying that they sponsored the Chicago illegal alien march this weekend and claiming that the company supports the full enforcement of immigration laws. I also received the boilerplate CYA statement. Here it is:

* Miller Brewing Company has never supported illegal immigration and we have always supported the full enforcement of current U.S. laws.

* Miller did not sponsor the Labor Day immigration march held in Chicago.

* Going forward, Miller will closely review all requests for support from community and charitable organizations to ensure that we are not indirectly funding or associating our name with advocacy efforts on the immigration issue.

* We plan to stick to the business of brewing, marketing and selling great beer.

Thanks for your interest in this topic.

I’ll be on the O’Reilly Factor tonight for my regular appearance (update: video here), and Miller’s open-border blunders will be one of the topics. The company is being flat-out disingenuous. As I pointed out yesterday, the suits at Miller went out of their way in the springtime to appease pro-illegal alien groups angered at the company PAC’s donation to GOP Rep. James Sensenbrenner, author of HR 4437, the true immigration law enforcement bill. The company caved in and strayed far afield from the business of making and selling beer–throwing its corporate weight against HR4437, pledging to support scholarships for illegal alien students, and vowing to work for the protection “for the rights of undocumented immigrants.”

Sure sounds like support for illegal immigration to me. Maybe Miller should stop playing spin the media bottle and deal with consumers straight.

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Debbie Schlussel points out that Anheuser-Busch supports pro-illegal alien policies, too.

So if you’re going to drink beer, make it yourself.

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